Never knowingly undersolved
We found this quite a tricky solve and there are a couple of clues (2d and 29ac) which we hope others will be able to explain for us. As a keen baker, Joyce … Read more >>
(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A straightforward puzzle, thanks to Armonie. … Read more >>
(Please post comments on ONLY the picture quiz hereinbelow. To post comments on the crossword puzzle, please click here.) A straightforward puzzle, thanks to Armonie. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 A … Read more >>
It’s now past ten of the clock. The fact that I normally have the Quiptic blog out early, being a lark rather than an owl, tells you how I found this one. So … Read more >>
With only five entries after my first, very quick, pass through the clues I thought this one might take a lot longer than it actually did. Fortunately two of these entries were 1dn … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26425.
I thought I was going to comment what a very easy Cyclops this was, having finished it in around 5 minutes, well within the space of three bus stops… apart from 10a, which … Read more >>
Another Poins for me this week, making that six in a row. Poor chap must be getting fed up with me. This one was pitched at a fairly standard IoS level, though I … Read more >>
A standard and typically sound and pleasant Plain from Azed this week. Most of the clues allow a very straightforward and brief parsing. One or two of his ways are a bit beyond me, and 8dn is completely beyond me, but I trust someone will explain.
As usual I won’t trouble you with explanations of the rare words: they are all there in Chambers.
Definitions underlined.
Everyman is my usual gentle warm-up early on a Sunday morning before moving on to the likes of Azed, Inquisitor and Beelzebub and today was no exception. Nothing held me up for long … Read more >>
Three N-Nestors in a row, and now two N-Nimrods…’N’ for me, ‘N’ for me, they’ve all got it ‘N’ for me!… Another thematic puzzle, but distinctly different to Indy 8734, which had a … Read more >>
I’ve got my fingers crossed for an EV about set theory, although I think it unlikely. Apart from that, I’m distracted by what a ferret might set out. Answers on a postcard, please…
I didn’t enjoy this all that much when I first solved it, but then when I wrote up the blog a few days later I found plenty to enjoy. I think I must have just been at a bit of a low ebb at the time. Thanks Picaroon.
I found today’s offering from Hamilton tough going. Slow progress for most part, having to slowly chip away at clues sprinkled across the grid. Still have a couple of clues / parsing that require improvement (apologies for this!). Seemed to have a more-than-average number of island references in both answers and clues – anybody have any idea why?
I started at the end with 25dn and worked backwards through the clues, making steady progress and with the empty lights only just reaching double figures by the time I got to 1ac. … Read more >>